There's a point in a good workout that is undeniably awesome; maybe half to three-quarters of the way through at one of the more intense parts. I call it the sweet spot. I used to get it mainly in leg press lifts and deadlifts where you just got some heavy weight and the only thing that can possibly exist in your mind is that lift - getting the weight from point a to point b. I've gotten to where I find it in running too if I'm doing a longer run, around 4-5 miles in, I ju

I'm unfortunately still having issues with my hamstring. I got a run in on Saturday and felt pretty good, but I tried to get one in on Sunday and I didn't make it a half mile before I could feel something was wrong and knew that I didn't need to be adding to the strain. I mentioned in a previous post that I'm doing a 5k with some family and my girlfriend on Thanksgiving morning and I'm pretty stoked for that race. It will be my first "official" 5k race so I think it'll be

I've still got a couple days left to go on getting my hamstring back into good order for running, but nice, clear days like today make it tough to stick to that. I know that if I pushed it too soon, I'd be right back in this situation and maybe a worse one moving forward though, so I just focus on getting back to 100% for now. On Thanksgiving morning, I'm running a 5k with my girlfriend and some of my family so that gives me another incentive to get my body ready to go soon

I'm having to take a few days off from running to try and get my legs back in order for training. From the looks of the weather, though, I'm not missing a whole lot. Don't get me wrong, I love a good run in the rain, but it does take a bit more drive to get out the door when it's starting to get cool out and it's raining. The cold weather is a time that I have let my running lapse in the past and it has always set me back significantly. This year, my goal is to not change